This book presents research on the situation minority language schoolchildren face when they need to learn languages of international communication, in particular English. The book takes minority languages as a starting point and it bridges local and global perspectives in the analysis of multilingual education contexts. It examines the interaction of minority languages and cultures, majority languages and lingua franca-s in a variety of settings across different regions and countries on all continents. Even though all chapters in this book involve minority languages, the issues discussed are...

� This book presents research on the situation minority language schoolchildren face when they need to learn languages of international communication, in particular English. Even though all chapters in this book involve minority languages, the issues discussed are relevant to any context in which more than language is used in education.